RE: RS-12/13 question

Last I heard RS-13 is in Mode KA which is 15/2 up 10 down.
Yes it is turned on all the time and only the RS-13 beacons are on.
They turned off RS-12 several months ago.
For more detailed info check out
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/rs1213.html
or
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/rs_kd2.html
Kevin, WB5RUE
el09
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> From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org]On
> Behalf Of alf sauve
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:01 PM
> To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] RS-12/13 question
>
>
> Here's the basic question, a small trestie on the
> frustrations of a newbe
> follow:
>
> What are the ROBOT DOWNLink frequencies?
> How do you know?
> Which bird is operational?
> How do you know?
> Is it operational on all passes? All lattitudes?
> All Longitudes? Day and night? Weekdays and Weekends?
> And how do you know?
> Are all 8 beacons operationall all the time? or just the 4 on
> the active
> bird?
> Which mode is it in? K, T, A, KT, KA,
> How do you know?
>
> Thanks, Alf - W4ADS
>
> Discussion:
>
> Okay, I'm not a newbe, in the sense that I've tracked STS's
> since the first
> ham mission. I've tracked the Sputnik Jr's as well. I'm
> more of what you
> might call a "casual" satelliteer. I'm probably typical of
> many hams that
> don't have extensive setup and are not part of the "in
> crowd", but want to
> try out or sample satellite work. We might even become
> active, contributing
> members of AMSAT. (or maybe already are.)
>
> I appreciate all the hard work that's been done to get these
> satellites up
> there and operational. I would hold no grudge, if the
> people who paid and
> sweated to get them launched only reserved their usage for themselves.
> However, I see articles in Amsat and other publications
> trying to get more
> hames to use the birds. Well, folks, it very frustrating
> trying to work
> them. I can see why many people give it a go and then just
> go on to other
> things.
>
> The questions above are typical of my frustration. I've read
> the official
> AMSAT web page on RS12/13 and gone to the Kevin's web site as
> well. (thanks
> Kevin for hosting the information some good newbe stuff.)
> They're good
> stuff but just enough to be frustrating. Of course one can
> ask on the
> Amsat BB or other list serv, but many people are afraid to
> jump into these
> discussions groups, especially since most of it is wasted on
> the license
> structure and extras vs. no-coders stuff. Here's a good example from
> Kevin's page not just enough info(not picking on you, just an
> example):
>
> "From time to time the mode and even which of the two
> satellite packages
> are active will change.
> "Sometimes the satellites are listening on either 15
> meters, 2 meters or
> both."
> "It can transmit on either 10 meters, 2 meters or both."
>
> The proverbial question for the new comer or casual user then
> is, "when."
> When is this sometimes? How do you find out? Oh sure, I can
> subscribe to
> Amsat BB and wait until the next "annoucement". I can
> transmit back and
> forth on 2 and on 15 HOPEING someone will respond. I've did
> a search on
> the Amsat Annoucments didn't find anything any titles last
> year or this year
> on "RS-12". You see the more someone has to "dig" for the
> info the more
> likely it will be they go elsewhere.
>
> So the long and short is, please, if you want to attract more
> supporters,
> please make it easier to figure this out. Instead of
> throwing 16 POSSIBLE
> frequency ranges at a newbe, how about a simple "quick start
> guide". (e.g.,
> "For the week of 2/28, set you receiver on 29.460 and your
> transmitter on
> 145.960 USB for RS-xx") Could someone keep an up-to-date site, with
> operational times, frequencies, days of the week, modes?
> Maybe it exists,
> then could someone ensure links to such a page are readily
> available on
> other pages?
>
> Again, much appreciation for those who worked hard to advance
> Oscar where we
> have it now. Just a view from the "out crowd".
>
> Alf - W4ADS
>
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